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Petersberg

Sub-zone

Petersberg is a named sub-zone of Rheinhessen in Germany. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 6.4 km north-east of Alzey and 22 km south-west of Mainz.

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Key facts

Type
Großlage
Within
Rheinhessen
Separate plots
34
Extent N–S × E–W
10.31 × 9.5 km
Centre
49.7976° N, 8.1566° E
Region
Rheinhessen
Bereich
Bereich Nierstein

Where it is

Nearest town
6.4 km north-east of Alzey
Nearest city
22 km south-west of Mainz 222,889 people
To the sea
352 km

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
138–293 m
Mean elevation
190 m
Mean slope
4.1° (7 %)
Steepest tenth
above 8°
Faces
several directions, mostly south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 219,482 elevation cells of about 12 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Vintages: Mosel and German Riesling

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Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Inside Petersberg · 19

Wineries · 6

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Sources

Landwirtschaftskammer Rheinland-Pfalz, Weinbergslagen (dl-de/by-2-0)

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